Presents results for adults, youth and children. Under each there are sections dealing with demographics, indicators and predictors of personal health and wellness, health care, and community health and wellness. Version 2.0.

Looks at a study of Cree First Nations children, aged 5 to 12, to determine predisposition to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes coupled with level of physical activity.

Looks at the benefits provided by the program in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Focuses on prevalence and sex differences, related health risks, research areas, and economic costs. Current as of 2009.

Looks into how the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 can improve food security and reduce obesity and diabetes risk among Native American children.

Based on survey data gathered from 388 children living in 16 communities. Concludes risks factors are weight, obesity, and tooth decay and recommends emphasis on traditional diet and quality food.

Investigation into adiponectin, leptin, C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, and serum amyloid A, individually or in combinations, and finding that low baseline adiponectin is associated with increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes independent of leptin, C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, serum amyloid A, and obesity.

[Nutrition?] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska, 1982.

Findings indicated a high frequency of the gene AGT T235 and a significant association between variation in systolic blood pressure and the AGT gene.

Three themes emerged in interviews with seven Indigenous women: personal empowerment and confidence; wellbeing for themselves, family and community; and the importance of group mentorship. Author argues that they are applying the concept of gwesayjitodoon indo bimaadiziiwin, transforming oneself into a better life.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2005.

Study shows First Nations children entering residential school had normal body mass index and height and weight for age, providing evidence that the nutritional state in First Nation communities was reasonable at that time.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1995.

Pharmacy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montreal, 2012.

Comments on the health disparities faced by Aboriginal Peoples' and the social remedies required. Appendix from A Healthy, Productive Canada: A Determinant of Health Approach by the Senate Subcommittee on Population Health chaired by Wilbert Joseph Keon and Lucie Pépin.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 2004.

Found that the body mass index underestimated the percent of body fat by 1.3% in Aboriginal people compared to European participants.

Reports survey data from three large cultural areas: the Yukon First Nations, Dene/Métis, and Inuit communities and compares current proportion of traditional food in diets to the precontact period and the amount of traditional food consumed by older vs. younger generation.

Studied how the quality, quantity and frequency of snack food consumption differed between three Body Mass Index (BMI) categories.

Discussion of the higher risk for obesity, the need for ethnospecific obesity criteria and health interventions.

Looks at dietary intake patterns, physical activity levels, dietary behaviours, chronic disease and psychosocial factors.

Community Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2001.

Compares total body and trunk fatness in 212 Aboriginal and 204 Caucasian children (8-17 years) matched by age, gender and maturity.

Chemical and Environmental Toxicology Thesis (MSc)--University of Ottawa, 2009.

Survey results revealed the link between disadvantaged Inuit individuals and greater weight issues.

Study results of Canadians of South Asian and Chinese descent, Oji-Cree and Inuit (Greenland) indicated that the association between FTO gene associated with obesity extends to non-Caucasian subjects.

Results show Indigenous children are at risk of being overweight or obese if there is very low food security and a poor school environment that exposed them to racism, bullying, and drugs.

Explores the correlation between childhood obesity and consumption of commercial foods in subarctic communities.

Depicts the Board's challenges addressing the declining amount of contaminated, traditional food versus the increasing consumption of high caloric, processed foods.

Focuses on challenges involved in collecting, accessing and reporting information about the population, and the work that centers do to provide communities with surveillance and interpretation of data.

Looks at the high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, inadequate water consumption, and the risk factors for obesity.

Study shows that Inuit blood pressures rank intermediate on a global scale but low compared with most European populations.

Study probes the correlations between blood pressure and risk factors in a predominantly American Indian school district.

Contends that students who were involved with the Healthy Kids Project showed high rates of excess weight, with American Indians and African Americans at the greatest risk.

Contends that using standing height alone to calculate the body mass index may overestimate those who are at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease among the Inuit.

Looks at how various lifestyle behaviors influence obesity and development of chronic illness among youth.

Data from the 1963 study is helping current researchers with a reference point to assess changes in body dimension.

Discusses the health compromising behaviours that are engaged in because young women are dissatisfied with their bodies.

Kinesiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Comments on a research project, completed by Battlefords Tribal Council Indian Health and researchers from the University of Saskatchewan, looking at how Aboriginal women feel about their bodies. Article found by scrolling to page 24.

Relates information collected from one of the last traditionally-oriented lifestyle groups in northeast Arnhem Land.

Looks at data that will be used to tailor health promotion initiatives for First Nations Youth living in isolated communities.

Outlines the organizational development of the Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) study and the procedures used in its development.

Comments on how demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors impact the health service given to Inuit compared to other Northern Canadians.